Wrestling | 1/23/2015 2:40:00 PM

Bloomsburg returns home to Nelson Field House on Sunday afternoon to host nationally ranked Edinboro in EWL action.

The Huskies are 0-5 on the season, 0-1 in the EWL. Bloomsburg last wrestled on Jan. 11 losing to Drexel and NC State at the Pitt Duals.

In the match with Drexel the Huskies got wins from Kurt Meske (Bloomsburg/Central Columbia) at 165 pounds and Michael Mirra (Mountaintop/Crestwood) at 197. Bloomsburg also dropped two close bouts with Bradley Miccio (Benton, Pa./Benton Area) and Dominic Carfagno (West Paterson, NJ/St. Joseph Regional) each losing by two points.

133 pounder Andy Schutz (Exeter, Pa./Wyoming Area) leads the Huskies in wins with 12 on the season, while Tanner Cahill (Johnstown /Conemaugh High School) is second with 11. Kevin Laubach (Berwick, Pa./Berwick Area) and Michael Mirra (Mountaintop/Crestwood) are tied for third in wins with 10 each.

Cahill has picked up five wins by fall this season to lead the Huskies, while Schutz has a combined six wins for bonus points getting two wins by fall; one by technical fall and three by major decision.
 
The Huskies beat Edinboro in the Fighting Scots last visit to the Nelson Field House. In the 2012-13 season then 19th-ranked Bloomsburg scored a 19-18 win over 15th-ranked Edinboro University in a match decided on the third criteria, total match points. The Huskies won on total match points (52-41). It was the first win for the Huskies over Edinboro since the 2004-05 season. Edinboro raced out to a 15-0 lead after the first four weights before the Huskies rallied winning four of the next five matches. The Fighting Scots still led 18-15 going to the final bout at 285 pounds, but the Huskies' Justin Grant (Easton/Easton) scored a 9-4 win to tie the match at 18-18. The first tiebreaker rule is number of matches won by each team, which was equal at 5-5. The next tiebreaker is which team had the most combined falls and tech falls, which was tied at 1-1. Going to the third tiebreaker is total match points (after throwing out the fall and tech fall bouts). That was won by the Huskies, 52-41.

Edinboro comes into the match with a record of 9-4, 2-0 in the EWL. The team's record does not include yesterday's match at Rider.
 
Edinboro is ranked fifth in InterMat's Tournament Rankings and 15th in the USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll.

The Fighting Scots have four wrestlers in its lineup today that are nationally ranked led by second-ranked Mitchell Port at 141 (25-0 on the year) and second-ranked Dave Habat at 149 (24-1).

Missing from the Edinboro lineup is A.J. Schopp who suffered an injury at the Midlands Tournament and is out indefinately. He is ranked #2 in the country at 133 and is 15-1 on the year. (Schopp was ranked #1 before his injury.)

Warren Bosch was named the EWL Wrestler of the Week last week. Bosch helped Edinboro to a 27-12 win over #20 Kent State last week. Though giving up 40 pounds, he put an exclamation point on the victory as he won by fall over Mimmo Lytle.  He took Lytle down after a short scramble at the edge of the mat and seconds later recorded his seventh fall just 45 seconds into the match.

A year ago the Fighting Scots beat the Huskies 29-10 at McComb Fieldhouse. In the match the Huskies Richard Perry (Meriden, CT/Middletown) won the 100th match of his career with a win over Vince Pickett. Edinboro won seven of the 10 matches with four of the wins coming with bonus points.

Edinboro leads the all-time series with the Huskies 20-9.